Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at Clara Maass Medical Center

1 Clara Maass Dr, Belleville, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1902901333

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$267.32

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,344.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$171.22 with United Healthcare vs $1,282.98 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan $171.22 ↓ -36%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $174.45 ↓ -35%
Aetna Better Health $187.48 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $221.15 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $527.58 ↑ +97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $527.58 ↑ +97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $527.58 ↑ +97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $527.58 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare $603.90 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +126%
Aetna Medicare $603.90 ↑ +126%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +126%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +126%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $603.90 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare Medicare $615.98 ↑ +130%
Aetna PPO $644.91 ↑ +141%
Aetna HMO $644.91 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↑ +153%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↑ +153%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $716.75 ↑ +168%
Amerihealth Local Value $716.75 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $745.73 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare Commercial $745.73 ↑ +179%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $766.08 ↑ +187%
First Health Commercial $806.40 ↑ +202%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +210%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $866.00 ↑ +224%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,056.83 ↑ +295%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,179.62 ↑ +341%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,201.76 ↑ +350%
Cigna Local Plus $1,235.64 ↑ +362%
Cigna HMO $1,235.64 ↑ +362%
Cigna PPO $1,235.64 ↑ +362%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,282.98 ↑ +380%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $505.66 $144.02 – $1,235.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $536.95 $221.15 – $1,235.64
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